Dengeki Hobby’s website has uploaded some new, full color images of the upcoming Takara Transformers Legends Titans Return products, including LG21 Hardhead, LG22 Skull (AKA Skullcruncher or Skullsmasher), and LG23 Galvatron, giving us our best looks at the figures to date – in all of their multiple modes, and with all of their various accessories as well. These photos also put on full display how their color schemes will differ from their Hasbro counterparts, and gives us another view of Takara’s new Headmaster/Titanmaster heads. The included Titanmaster vehicles are done up in different colors as well, and can also » Continue Reading.

TFW2005’s Transformers Hall of Fame 2016 voting is now open! We’ve rounded up the most suggested entries for each of the three categories and created polls for you to vote on. You can now sound off and choose your favorite for Favorite Character, Best Musical Act, and of course, Favorite Underrated Character! These polls will run through this Wednesday 3/9/16 and close around 1 PM Eastern. We will tally up the votes and send the winners to Hasbro as TFW2005.com’s official choices. Our choices will be counted along with other fan site’s choices, and the winners will be announced at » Continue Reading.

MP-28 Masterpiece Hot Rod (*imus) is arriving to fans across the world, giving Hot Rod proper scale with his fellow Autobot car brothers pre Rodimus Prime. He comes with key accessories straight from the cartoon such as his hand saw, a fishing pole for those relaxing days with Daniel, dual pistols, flip down targeting goggles, and even an empty Matrix of Leadership chamber in his chest. The color isn’t the dark fire red we know from the previous toys. This goes for more of an animation look that has a bit of pink tossed in, which is more prominent depending » Continue Reading.

TFW2005 boards member tco has brought us some new high-res images of the recently-revealed Takara MP-31 Masterpiece Delta Magnus – and all of the accessories he will be coming with! First off, these images give us a good look at the figure in both robot and vehicle modes, plus a few comparisons with some other Masterpiece figures. Perhaps most notably, though, are his accessories. Included here are two alternate, blue-eyed faces compatible with MP-22 Ultra Magnus! The eyes on these appear to be wider than the stock ones that Ultra Magnus came with, which is something many fans have been » Continue Reading.

TFW2005 member hoang21345 has pointed us in the direction of some images shared by Transformers Vietnam on Facebook, which show Masterpiece Ratchet in-hand. The headline here friends is that the “red cross with Autobot symbol” details on the shoulders are in fact stickers, so you can leave the shoulders “clean” or even add your own details if you so choose. We’re also told that the white on Ratchet is mainly painted, rather than molded plastic – so it looks like the doc-bot is shaping up to be another top-class release in the Masterpiece series.

Artist Alex Milne has shared some very cool artwork on his Twitter account – an image of “clean” versions of the variant covers of More than Meets the Eye and Transformers #48 – #50, which together form a much larger image showcasing the casts of both series, along with the original inked lineart of the whole thing. The images shared are already partly composited into the bigger image – and we’ve merged the pieces together so you can appreciate the scale of the work. The colors on this were done by the talented Josh Perez! Be sure to pick » Continue Reading.

Revealed during New York Toy Fair2016, the Transformers Robots in Disguise Platinum Edition box set, featuring a repaint of Warrior class Bumblebee and a retooled Voyager classs Grimlock from Fall of Cybertron, has been signed in Singapore by board member BattleUpSaber. According to the depicted price tag, the set is being sold at $129.90 SGD, which approximately equates to $95 USD. Will this reflect this set’s asking price when it’s released to the rest of globe? Only time will tell. For the time being, check out the sighting image after the break, and don’t forget to post your own » Continue Reading.

A piece of Transformers history has surfaced as an auction listing earlier today for original production storyboards from the 1986 Transformers The Movie. This full set of over 500 total pages (each page has content on the front and back) comes courtesy of The Spacebridge, who is parting with this incredible item along with other paperwork from the Generation 1 era. Some more information from the auction listing: This is an original production used set of storyboards for the 1986 Transformers Animated Movie. I have owned these for over 20 years, I obtained them from a former Sunbow staff member. This is the » Continue Reading.

Once again thanks to long time TFW user Nevermore we have our first retail sighting of Wave 2 Mini-con Deployers for the Robots in Disguise line for Germany. Wave 2 consist of Blizzard Strike Drift and Jetstorm also Overload and Backtrack. This pair of deployers were spotted at the Toys”R”Us located in Bochum’s Ruhr Park shopping mall. So to our fellow collectors in Germany happy hunting!

Thanks to long time TFW member Nevermore we have our first world wide retail spotting of Robots in Disguise Legion class Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime and Ratchet. This pair was found in a Real, which is a chain of retail stores, in the small city of Bochum-Wattenscheid. Optimus Prime is a repaint of his previous legions class toy and is a cool blue where as Ratchet is a redeco of Strongarm. With any luck we will start spotting this pair pop up in other countries soon!

Via Botcon’s twitter page this years convention comic is going to be a partnership with IDW dubbed Transformers: Dawn of Predacus. Botcon hails John-Paul Bove as the lead writer along with Corin Howell as it’s artist. Mr. Bove worte “The story is completely in continuity (the wibbly wobbly G1, G2, BW continuity) and features some HUGE moments in TF history.” While Botcon tweeted “This years story is set within the IDW Transformers continuity that features The Ascending and The Gathering. Going to be great!” This comic will be made available first at Botcon, have » Continue Reading.

Ladies and gents, the big 50th issue of fan-favorite IDW Transformers comic More than Meets the Eye – AKA The Dying of the Light – is almost here, and Newsarama has now provided us with the full preview to whet our appetites. “Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #50 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT—PART 1! Since joining the Lost Light, MEGATRON has rejected everything that once made him the most feared and hated Cybertronian of all time. But penitence has a price, and before the ex-Decepticon can find true redemption he must first confront his darkest legacy—the Decepticon Justice » Continue Reading.

Another song from the previously announced Transformers Roll Out album has made its debut today. Performed by Born Cages, the song titled Our Revolution will be the 10th and final track of the album. You can now download the song from iTunes. Previously, Roll Out from Mount Holly and Gigantik by Crash Kings were also released prior to the album. Hasbro Studios collaborated with Sony Music’s RED Associated Labels for the album and the entire album will be available for purchase on April 15th. Check out the song Fuse.

It was only two days ago that a new Hasbro Transformers Trademark was found. Today, another new trademark was located at the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Titled as Combiner Force, the Trademark is classified under the same description of “Toy action figures, toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms“. More Info: Trademark Name: Combiner Force Trademark ID: 86923603 Status Date: Mar. 03, 2016 Description: Toy action figures, toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms Owner Name: Hasbro, Inc. Currently, we have no info regarding this new trademark but from the sound of it, it » Continue Reading.

Some awesome news tonight from listings on TFW site sponsor TFSource as we get confirmation and pics of the upcoming MP-31 Delta Magnus, an homage to Diaclone Ultra Magnus! In addition to the Masterpiece news, TFSource has posted listings of Takara Legends Hardhead, Skullcruncher, and Galvatron! Delta Magnus is a repaint of the regular Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and is decked out in a mostly blue and red deco with silver as a tertiary color and yellow details here and there including the eyes which look to be translucent. Meanwhile, Galvatron and Skullcruncher simply have grey prototype pics and Hardhead is » Continue Reading.

With Botcon roughly a month away, we finally have an official reveal of the Botcon 2016 V.I.P. voice acting guest. That guest is none other than Judd Neslon, the voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in the 1986 Transformers Movie. Additionally, he reprised the role of Rodimus in Transformers Animated, providing younger fans a chance to get their Animated Rodimus signed in place of a Generation 1 or Masterpiece version. Additional details and instructions on how to get your VIP pass for the Judd Nelson experience can be found on Botcon’s website.

Toys Alliance, who have produced an officially licensed super articulated 18 inch (non-transforming) Optimus Prime, have just teased that they will be doing another officially licensed Transformers item in a new line called Teppeki Gokin. The new sub-line will feature high quality ABS and Diecast construction. Their teaser pic is hinting at a Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime for their first offering. Check out the teaser pic after the break!